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How to sell a home: Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), using estate agents, finding a legal professional, getting offers, transferring ownership and making complaints.
Selling a home takes about 5 months on average. The process can take…
If you have a mortgage on the property you’re selling, you’ll need to move…
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) tells you how energy efficient a…
You can sell your home yourself or use an online, high street or hybrid…
A legal professional can handle the legal work involved in transferring…
Choosing a buyer Buyers can make offers verbally (over the phone or in…
After you’ve accepted an offer, you’re responsible for drawing up a legal…
You can contact a legal professional if you need help selling a property…
You can make a complaint to a company involved in the sale if you’re…
Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.
You can buy a home through the shared ownership scheme if you cannot…
You can buy a home through shared ownership if both of the following are…
You’ll need to plan for all the costs when buying a home. When you’ve…
For a shared ownership home, you need to pay rent to your landlord for the…
There are 4 steps to apply for a shared ownership home. 1. Check if you…
There are several places where you can search for shared ownership homes…
You will need to pay for repairs and maintenance no matter what share you…
You can buy more shares in your home after you become the owner. This is…
You can sell your shared ownership home at any time. If you own 100% of…
You can normally rent out (sublet) a room in the home, but you must live…
You can get free advice about how to buy a shared ownership home or…
Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.
The Right to Shared Ownership scheme allows some tenants in England to buy…
You may be eligible to buy a share of your rented home through the Right…
When you apply for Right to Shared Ownership, you’ll need to make sure you…
For a shared ownership home, you need to pay rent for the share you do not…
There are 9 steps to apply for Right to Shared Ownership. 1. Tell your…
You can buy more shares in your home after you become a shared owner. This…
You can sell your shared ownership home at any time. If you own a 100%…
When you buy a home with Right to Shared Ownership, your lease will have…
You’ll usually need to get the landlord’s permission to rent out (sublet)…
MoneyHelper You can get free, impartial advice from MoneyHelper. This…
How the First Homes scheme works, who is eligible, how to apply and the rules for managing a First Homes property after you buy one.
Use this service to report an issue with buying or selling goods or services between different parts of the UK, or difficulty using a professional qualification awarded in one part of the UK.
Check if an estate can get the residence nil rate band (RNRB) when someone downsizes, gifts or sells their home before they die.
How to buy a home: preparing to buy, deciding on a home, making offers, conveyancing, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and making complaints.
A guide to selling a home in England and Wales.
How suppliers from industry and academia can work with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
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